Ronald Feinman specializes in 20th Century American History, with emphasis on Political and Diplomatic History. He has taught courses on America, 1900-1945, FDR and the New Deal Era, US 1945 to the Present, and America in the 1960s. Additionally, he has taught broad survey classes in American Diplomatic History, American Political History, American Constitutional History, and American Immigration and Ethnicity.

Dr. Feinman is the author of a book on the New Deal era, entitled Twilight of Progressivism: The Western Republican Senators and the New Deal (Baltimore:The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1981). Additionally, he is the author of an article in the journal Mid-America, and has published book reviews in the following journals: The American Historical Review, The Journal of American History, Reviews in American History, Presidential Studies Quarterly, Political Science Quarterly, and The Historian.

Feinman has also done research on the Presidencies of Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan in his constant quest to improve his knowlege and expertise on recent American history. He is a member of the following scholarly organizations: The American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, Phi Alpha Theta, and The Center for the Study of the Presidency. He has been a faculty member in the History Department since 1989.

Dr. Feinman has been commissioned by Rowman Littlefield Publishers to produce a book on Presidential Assassinations, which is due out in the summer of 2015, and will be entitled "Assassinations, Threats, and the American Presidency: From Andrew Jackson to Barack Obama."

Courses

American Politics Since 1750 Diplomatic History of US Constitutional History of US American Immigration and Ethnicity US 1900-1945 FDR and the New Deal Era, 1933-1945 US History Since 1945 America in the 1960s

Curriculum Vitae - January 2013

Adjunct Professor of History at Florida Atlantic University Since 1989

Ph. D., The City University of New York, 1975. M. A., Queens College of the City University of New York 1969 B. A., Queens College of the City University of New York, 1966.

Teaching Experience

Florida Atlantic University, 1989 to Present Broward Community College, 1989 to Present Pace University, 1976-1989 New York Institute of Technology, 1976 to 1989 Queens College of The City University of New York, 1972-1975, Summers 1978, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987

Areas of Expertise

20th Century America (US, 1900-1945; FDR and the New Deal Era; US Since 1945; America in the 1960s), Diplomatic History of US, Political History of US, Constitutional History of US, American Immigration and Ethnicity

Publications

TWILIGHT OF PROGRESSIVISM: THE WESTERN REPUBLICAN SENATORS AND THE NEW DEAL (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1981)

Assassinations, Threats, and the American Presidency: From Andrew Jackson to Barack Obama (Rowman Littlefield Publishers)

Journal Article in MID AMERICA, 1977

Book Reviews in THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW, THE JOURNAL OF AMERICAN HISTORY, REVIEWS IN AMERICAN HISTORY, PRESIDENTIAL STUDIES QUARTERLY, POLITICAL SCIENCE QUARTERLY, THE HISTORIAN

Sabbatical Research on Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan

Professional Organizations

American Historical Association Organization of American Historians Phi Alpha Theta Center for the Study of the Presidency